Perhaps it may have been some such feeling in me, for I did not know that it was in my hand at the time we were wrecked.

However, we felt some pleasure in having it with us now, although we did not see that it could be of much use to us, as the glass at the small end was broken to pieces.

Our sixth article was a brass ring which Jack always wore on his little finger.

I never understood why he wore it, for Jack was not vain of his appearance, and did not seem to care for ornaments of any kind.

Peterkin said "it was in memory of the girl he left behind him!" But as he never spoke of this girl to either of us, I am inclined to think that Peterkin was either jesting or mistaken.